Roy Williams
Roy Williams
Hall of Fame men's basketball coach who gathered an incredible 80% winning record at North Carolina and Kansas. He led North Carolina to NCAA Championships in 2005 and 2009.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 August 1950
CityMarion, NC
competing job second time
We keep competing all the time and I thought we did a much better job of that in the second half.
great job keeping
I think he's had a sensational year. Off the court, sensational; practice, sensational; he's just done a great job keeping everyone focused.
asking everybody great job people town
The people here in town do a great job with the tournament, everybody around it, the workers, the ushers. They've done it well enough that people keep asking them to do it again.
ball basket drive fresh good job looks missed second stay talked tried trying tyler
Tyler was something in the second half. We talked about trying to drive the ball to the basket and try to get good spacing and I think we did a much better job of that in the second half. We tried to stay fresh on J.J. but he got some good looks and just missed them.
determine execution few generally happened job players run time
That's happened to me a few times during my career. Generally speaking, most of the time it's the players who determine everything, anyway. We can run the same plays, but if their players do a better job of execution than mine do, they're going to win. If mine do a better job, then we're going to win.
half job playing possession second
It was the most frustrating half I've ever coached. They had to play every possession, and I think we did a much better job playing every possession in the second half.
bad best call chance foul given guy hurts job score team tied wrong
I called for a press, but we did a bad job with it and it was the wrong call on my part. We go down and foul a guy and we are never able to get the score tied after that. It hurts when you feel like you've not given your team the best chance to win.
coin flipped gym high mean past school
We flipped a coin in the end zone, I mean past the baseline, in a high school gym in Vegas.
ball bottom hold hope line mouth pray
You can hope and pray and hold your mouth different ways, but the bottom line is, you have to put the ball in the basket.
bench came continue flat fortunate foul free guards throws trouble
We are very fortunate to continue playing. (Virginia) made 24-of-29 free throws and those two guys, Singletary and Reynolds, made 24-of-26. We came out a little flat and our guards got in foul trouble early, so we had to use our bench extensively.
attention chairs coach five full likes onto pull
Every coach likes to have his team's full attention during timeouts. We get out there and the chairs are chained together, so you can't pull five chairs out onto the court.
believe difficult league nine seven teams top
Top to bottom, this is the most difficult I've ever been in. I believe we've got some seven to nine teams in this league that are in the top 64 in this country.
difficult top
Top to bottom, this is the most difficult I've ever been in,
games team
We feel very fortunate, to say the least. First-round games are always difficult. If your team hasn't been through it, they have no idea how big it is.